Table 1.
Participant Demographics for the Whole Sample and by Age Group
| Whole sample | Younger nurses (ages 18-35) |
Middle-aged nurses (ages 36-65) |
SMD | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
| n | 392 | 165 | 224 | -- | -- |
| Age | 39.54 (11.15) | 29.20 (3.78) | 47.16 (8.26) | 2.796 | <0.001 |
| BMI | 27.28 (5.84) | 25.86 (5.27) | 28.33 (6.02) | 0.436 | <0.001 |
| PHQ-9 total | 3.63 (3.99) | 4.08 (4.24) | 3.28 (3.79) | 0.198 | 0.053 |
| SCI total | 21.66 (6.90) | 21.49 (6.68) | 21.82 (7.06) | 0.047 | 0.650 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 2.19 (2.15) | 2.01 (2.19) | 2.29 (2.09) | 0.129 | 0.210 |
| CRP (ng/mL) | 30.57 (25.28) | 28.79 (27.48) | 31.81 (23.54) | 0.118 | 0.245 |
| IL-1β (pg/mL) | 0.08 (0.20) | 0.07 (0.21) | 0.09 (0.19) | 0.098 | 0.337 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | 1.33 (1.97) | 1.16 (0.57) | 1.46 (2.56) | 0.161 | 0.142 |
Note. SCI = Sleep Condition Indicator total score. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9. IL-6 = interluekin-6. CRP = C-reactive protein. TNF-α = tumor-necrosis factor alpha. IL-1β = interleukin-1 beta. BMI = body mass index. SMD = standardized mean difference.